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► 成句
  [(2)よこ]  [横になる]    meaning:  lie down  rank: 1
☆ 大丈夫?横になったほうがいんじゃない? ⇨ Are you OK? Maybe you should lie down

► 名詞
  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  horizontal  rank: 1
☆ 2メートル、横5メートル ⇨ Vertically, height, 2 meters, horizontally, width, 5 meters
☆ は横にく ⇨ Crabs walk sideways
☆ 電線は横に走っている ⇨ The cables are running horizontally

  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  side  rank: 1
☆ カメラが横をいている ⇨ The camera is pointing sideways
☆ を横にいた ⇨ He put his bag on his side
☆ 彼等を横から攻撃した ⇨ They attacked the enemy from the side, flank
☆ 横から余計出すな ⇨ Don’t offer unsolicited opinion from the sidelines
☆ が横にれた ⇨ Our discussion got sidetracked

  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  peer  rank: 2
☆ は横のがりを大事にしている ⇨ He is valuing his peer network


More examples:
  • 彼等を横からめた ⇨ They attacked the enemy from the flank
  • は横領罪で起訴された ⇨ He was charged with embezzlement
  • 彼女名前の横にバツけた ⇨ She wrote a check mark next to his name
  • は横浜で耳鼻科開業している ⇨ He is practicing an ENT clinic in Yokohama
  • 横暴な独裁者 ⇨ An arbitrary dictator
  • 横着して抜き取ろうとしたら全部崩れた ⇨ I cut corners and tried to take one book at the bottom of a pile, and the whole pile collapsed
  • あいつは横着なだ ⇨ He is a lazy bastard. He cuts corners with things
  • 本物エルトンジョンとそっくりさんが横に並んだ ⇨ The real Elton John and his look-alike stood next to each other
  • はやたらと横文字を使いたがる ⇨ He loves to insert English words in his (Japanese) sentences
  • は横領のせられた ⇨ He was falsely accused of embezzlement
  • を横切った ⇨ He went across the street
  • トラック高速で横転した ⇨ A semi rolled over on a freeway
  • 公金を横領したいがかっている ⇨ He has been accused of embezzling public fund
  • 現在テレビ画面は縦横が9:16の割合だ ⇨ The current TV screens have a 9:16 height-width ratio
  • 駅前の横丁にある飲み屋 ⇨ A pub on an alley by the train station